Mega Moolah Slot

Microgaming released it in the ‘ancient’ 2006, but check it out if you don’t believe it is still one of the most sought-after games online! The rest is all collateral.

Let see some of the characteristics of the classic Moolah (sweet cash) game:

Graphics and design of Mega Moolah slot

It is oversimplified, outdated, and not a top-quality one should expect from a top-rated game. Maybe back in the down of slots’ ‘puberty,’ this was an original theme, but that is no longer. African Wild Life topic is nowadays totally exhausted. We counted over 150 slots with such a Jungle/Savannah/Safari theme. Hence, not a novelty in this day and age.

Technical aspects of Mega Moolah slot

It is a plain 5×3, 25-liner with Medium Volatility and low RTP (typical for a progressive machine). It is built with several straightforward features. You can participate in the Jackpot at any bet (between the min bet of 0.25 CAD per spin to the max bet of 6.25 CAD per spin). However, rumour is circling on the net that the higher you bet, the bigger your chances. This, however, is an unproven theory.

Features of Mega Moolah slot

• Wilds – The jungle king is naturally the Wild symbol that substitutes and doubles his wins.
• Free Spins – 3+ Scatters (Monkeys), anywhere on the reels will trigger 15 Free Spins, where every win gets multiplier x3, and a re-trigger is possible. Once you enter the Free Spins mode, the 4 Jackpot indicators go away, making space for the other meters: how many Free Spins and the amount won in the Free Spins.
• Bonus game – At any time on the reels during the main spins, a multi-slice Bonus Wheel can appear, which sections signify 1 of the 4 obtainable Jackpots.

Paytable of Mega Moolah slot

There are 25 fixed pay lines, where the combinations with Wilds get doubled prize, and the wins during the Free Spins – triple prize. The Wild (Lion) pays the amazing 600x the total bet for 5OAK, and the Scatter (Monkey) pays 100x the total bet. The rest of the symbols: Elephant, Bull, Giraffe, Zebra, Antelope and cards pay between 30x and 1.6x for 5OAK formation. As you see, this is one lucrative paytable, although you don’t see some built-in embellishments with Wilds (stacking, expanding).

For an average variance game, the maximum prospect of 1800x the total bet (outside the Jackpot bonus) is indeed a piece of good news for the players.
(11250/6.25=1800)

RTP and Hit Frequency of Mega Moolah slot

However, we cannot ignore that 88% RTP. It is just an insufficient return, which puts the casino’s edge at 12%. So, if you are not a Jackpot hunter, there is no reason to play this Moolah.
The RTP is hairy low compared to the industry average of 95-96%. Still, if you think about the ability of the Moolah to deliver such considerable Jackpots, you will understand the low figure.

Regarding hit frequency, sources close to the developer report over 40% hits in the base game, which translates as 2 in every 5 spins providing some win. Naturally, this is a piece of good news for the player, and adding up to the popularity (i.e. is always hot and in-demand), you can certainly book a good win even if you don’t get the Major and Mega Jackpots. On a lucky day, of course – like with all the other low return, average cycle games.

Gameplay of Mega Moolah slot

As with the other progressive slots, here too, while spinning, you can observe the amount cumulating with each bet gathered in plain view (above the reels). So the Bonus Wheel is dropping out of the blue (i.e. on winning, or non-winning spin, no matter) during the base game.

As the Fortune Wheel spins, you will catch the presence of more Mini and Minor than Major slices and only 1 Mega part, of course. There comes the thrill – by setting the Bonus Wheel in action, your heartbeat will rise to its boiling point, with praying hands and hastening mind full of ‘what ifs,’ and ‘please, please’ you will be ready to explode.

Expectedly, just obtaining the Bonus Wheel is greatly hard at the Mega Moolah slot. In most cases, whenever you get the Wheel game, your reward will be insignificant – only the smallest amount – Mini or Minor. But hey, one day, you may be lucky enough, and the arrow will stop on that singular white section with the cute animal paw on it.

Jackpots

The game offers the following 4 Jackpots:

• Mini with a starting point of 10 CAD;
• Minor with a starting point of 100 CAD;
• Major with a starting point of 10 000 CAD;
• Mega with a starting point of 1 000 000 CAD.

Microgaming Company seeds the first 1 million into the prize pool of the Mega Jackpot, and players’ stakes collect the rest.

Quick Jackpots stats

• The highest ever Jackpot won: won in 2015 – 13.2 mln £ (17.8 mln € worth at that time), conceded as a Guinness Record
• The highest ever Jackpot in Canada: won on 30 January 2019 – over 20 mln CAD.
• The most recent data:

• Last 5 years Mega Jackpots data:

Players’ concerns

Ok, this is not the most thrilling and entertaining game one has ever played, we all agree. But regarding popularity and proven prize distribution, there are just a few games that can compare with Mega Moolah. Having said that, if you insist on testing your luck, you should mind:

• To check first if your country is on the list of eligible participants for the big prize.
• Then you should check if it is present in the lobby of your favourite casino (if not, find another operator).
• Then you should consider the prize starting point and the current status – just look at the accumulated amount. You can also check the history of prizes straight in the game itself (click the winners’ cup on the left of the grid). You can scroll and see quick stats of the last day, week, month, 6 months etc.

The audience is super polarized.

Nowadays, you can play Mega Moolah in download, browser and mobile versions. But there has always been a buzz among online gambling enthusiasts due to the record prizes offered by Mega Moolah.

The amounts are often humongous, and like in the 6-49 lottery, where you have just 1 in almost 14 million chance to win, here too, some calculations show that your chance is 1 in 1.08 billion wagers to win the jackpot with 0.25 cents bet. Take a step back and by all means, consider the slim prospects you have. Most of the time, players leave their sessions unsatisfied, without the mind-blowing prize in their accounts, from there the polarization in opinions.

OK, we know that the Company Microgaming is legit, as well as the game itself. The network principle is securing that the casino operators cannot meddle with the grand amount. And yet, check below some selected opinions “for and against” to playing this slot.

The ‘sister’ Jackpot games

Since Mega Moolah is built as a progressive network game, it is understandable that Microgaming created a whole slew of games and linked them altogether through the years to all pitch in on the combined amount.

Meaning that the below titles, which are existing as separate games, with their apart design and gameplay, are actually linked to the very prize pool of the original Mega Moolah (Africa motif) slot.

• Moolah Juicy Joker – Fruits and jewels motif
• Mega Moolah Fortunium Gold – Steampunk motif
• Mega Moolah Vault Millionaire – Vault motif
• Mega Moolah Goddess (prior ISIS) – Egyptian motif
• Mega Moolah Absolootly Mad – Mad Hatters Tea Party motif
• Mega Moolah Atlantean Treasures – Underwater motif

At the moment of the writing of this column, the amount accumulated at the joined (linked) pool was over 17.6 mln, as below picture.

Explore other progressive options

If you are a true Jackpot seeker, you can certainly experiment with some slots of the competitor NetEnt – Mega Fortune slot from 2009 or the newer progressive option Divine Fortune slot from 2017.

Both these games come with much higher RTP (i.e. more generous in payouts outside the Jackpot and fair in payout distribution), plus a larger bet range (up to 50 CAD and even 100 CAD – for the high-rollers). These are only 2 of all options for network amassing Jackpot, also very popular and always hot at any online casino.

Settings

• The number of reels is 5
• Payment lines – 25
• Volatility – average
• The number of coins per line is 1-5
• Range of the bets – from $0.01 to $125
• The maximum winning per spin is х15 000 (5 Wild symbols)
• The maximum winning in the bonus is more than 1 000 000 coins (the main progressive jackpot)
• Wild symbol – yes (Lion, which can double the payments)
• Scatter – yes (Monkey in an Indian outfit)
• Bonus spins – yes (15 free spins with the winning multiplier of x3 if 3 or more scatters appear)
• Bonus game – yes (the Fortune Wheel bonus game is triggered randomly and brings a win in the form of one of four progressive jackpots or multiplier to the final bet)
• Progressive jackpot – yes (Mini, Minor, Major and Mega jackpots)
• RTP – 88,12%

How to win at the Mega Moolah slot machine? (Conclusion)

• Our usual first advice is to practice in DEMO mode. Here that is not possible (free version – doesn’t exist). You need to play straight with real money.
• *** One more warning we shall make here – that our judgment and advice are all subjective, based on our trials with slot, but we have never won the biggest prize, so our recommendations are given upon what worked for us to have the slightest success.
• We do not recommend this slot to players on a limited budget. People say – “play only with the amount you can afford to lose.” We concur and add to that – measure your personal risk and learn when to say stop to yourself.
• We do not recommend this slot to attempt playing with bonus money, as ordinarily, the behaviour of the slot is unpredictable. There are very few successful sessions on the Mega Moolah online slot (remember the low RTP) and myriad losses. Extremely seldom you will get a chance to recover. As a result, you cannot sustain in longer sessions and fulfill the wagering requirements accordingly.
• Despite the cold facts about this progressive machine (outdated graphics, scanty RTP, and incomputable theories – ‘bet high,’ ‘bet often,’ ‘bet close to certain jackpot accumulated amount’), if you do decide to gamble here, it is better to spin via moderate bets (via 1.25 or 2 CAD). Higher stakes can seriously shorten your session and put you in the corner to deposit more than you already planned.